Production Planner 3

Job description:

Looking for a Production Planner III to support our production planning department.

Youll work in a fast-paced team environment alongside design engineers technicians quality.

This position is on-site at Oxnard location.

Plans sequence of fabrication assembly installation and other manufacturing operations relating to specific portions of the product for guidance of production workers.

Plans detail operations from blueprints engineering orders change notices and other engineering releases.

Determines the need for tooling and makes recommendations for the design and planning of required tools.

Prepares shop manufacturing orders for materials and product processing and coordinates with schedulers to ensure that items are being processed according to specifications and time requirements.

Maintains progress reports schedules and other related records

Responsibilities:

Maintains schedules for material requirements and availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control by optimizing inventory storage systems.

Optimize inventory usage to project requirements.

Interface with Production Quality Control Purchasing Production Control and other related departments to resolve problems related to receipt and distribution of material.

Make decisions on part categorization of makes and buys.

Research kit shortages expedite missing kits and be meticulous in kit integration.

Understand research and reconcile traceability.

Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.

Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.

Manage projects using relevant software tools and track to meet completion dates.

Support the organizations metric goals and objectives.

Analyze the flow of material to reduce time of request to delivery.

Expedite flow of materials parts and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.

Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies. Uses knowledge of production procurement and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.

Basic Qualifications for Production Planner III:

High School diploma or equivalent and 4 years additional education and/or related experience.

Experience with production planning and/or inventory operations within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Deltek Costpoint) system and Microsoft applications.

Outstanding understanding of production planning and material scheduling

Exceptional attention to detail

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Proven record as a production planner

Preferred Qualifications for Production Planner:

Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Prefer experience with Production Planning & Kiting

Liaising between manufacturing engineering quality & Inventory

Excellent verbal and written communication ability

Deltek Costpoint ERP system